Emergency Wildfire Act of 2023
The Emergency Wildfire Act of 2023 establishes a comprehensive approach to wildfire management through landscape-scale forest restoration, community resilience measures, and workforce development. It creates a pilot program allowing the Forest Service to enter into conservation finance agreements for forest restoration projects on at least 100,000 acres, with a total funding cap of $250 million across up to 20 projects. The bill also requires fire-resistant materials in weatherization programs, establishes a microgrid program for critical infrastructure, and authorizes a grant program for disadvantaged communities to increase their capacity for land stewardship activities on National Forest System land. These provisions aim to reduce wildfire risk through both forest management and community preparedness measures.
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May 2023
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Introduced May 17, 2023
Last action Jun 23, 2023
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Jun 23, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
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May 22, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
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May 17, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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May 17, 2023
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Introduced in House
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1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
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